West Virginia coal miners rebuild North Carolina road destroyed by Helene Let’s hear it for them hardcore, self-sufficient coal miners who refused to depend on the State or Federal Government and instead decided to exercise some of that old school American “can do” initiative and BUILD THEIR OWN ROAD!
Category: Self-Sufficiency
Homesteading 101: Sassafras Tree
H/T Kensho Homestead Sassafras Tree Sassafras Sassafras albidum I’ve written several times about this tree in past posts and have been meaning to include it in the Herbal Explorations for some time. Thanks once again to Gavin Mounsey for putting a bee in my bonnet! His contributions are featured below. A quick peak at a couple of…
PSA on Community Action and Self-Sufficiency
Von Steuben Training: Hurricane Helene’s Response, Parts 1 and 2
Hurricane Helene Response Part 1: Interview with Tacticon Armament Hurricane Helene Response Part 2: Execution AAR
The FEMA Cycle
FEMA: Wash, Rinse, Spin, Repeat The Brunswick Landing apartments in Maine sparked controversy earlier this year when it was discovered that homeless migrants in the area were getting the opportunity to live in the units rent-free for up to two years. Migrants living in the apartments shared that not only is the rent-free, the utilities…
Thank God for the Redneck Air Force!
Special ops vets form ‘Redneck Air Force’ to ferry aid into NC mountains after feds come up short: ‘Who’s FEMA?’ SWANNANOA, North Carolina — Hundreds of special operations personnel in North Carolina have formed their own homegrown rescue and supply operation in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene after they grew tired of waiting for…
Prepatude
Prepatude “It was a different world back then and Gen X kids, who were pretty free-range.” Prepping is a subject that has been near and dear to my heart since I was a kid. The Wilder family would frequently go on long hikes and snowmobile trips into the backcountry. Likewise, we’d go hunting…
“We’re It”
In the pantheon of WW2 Movies, Fury is not that good of a movie, but for our purposes here today, I want to discuss a theme many fellow martial citizens can relate to: Self-Sufficiency and the realization that you cannot depend on any form of Government or “Higher Chain-of-Command” for you, your team or…
How Helene Affected The People Of Appalachia
How Helene Affected The People Of Appalachia This is why we need to Always be Training, Caching, Stockpiling and Preparing for the WORST.
NERC sounds alarm over winter gas supplies
NERC sounds alarm over winter gas supplies, potential grid impacts Almost two years after Winter Storm Elliott forced the largest recorded manual load shed in the history of the Eastern interconnection, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said Friday it “remains concerned about maintaining sufficient natural gas supplies to address extreme winter conditions.” NERC’s…